No one wanted to go see the Marlins play in person Monday

Everyone knew it was going to be a tough season for the Miami Marlins. The team traded away nearly all their good players in the winter. And with J.T. Realmuto currently sidelined, the team’s biggest attraction for fans is probably Starlin Castro.

As you might expect, fans are exactly clamoring to see Castro headline a team these days. As a result, the Marlins played in front of their smallest crowd ever at Marlins Park on Monday.

Tonight's paid attendance for Mets-Marlins of 7,003 is the smallest announced crowd ever for a game at Marlins Park. Before tonight, the worst attendance at the park was 10,428 on April 1 of this year.

Important distinction: It was the smallest crowd in Marlins Park history. The park opened in 2012, so we’re not going that far back. It might not be the smallest crowd to attend a home game for the Marlins.

That’s hardly a consolation here. If the Marlins have played in front of fewer than 7,003 fans during their history, that’s not exactly a thing to brag about.

The fans who decided to spend their time elsewhere didn’t miss much, as the Marlins lost 4-2 to the New York Mets.

The Marlins were far from the only team to have attendance issues Monday. The Chicago White Sox game was sparsely attended as well.

There were a couple reasons for that. The team moved the game time, it was freezing cold and the crosstown Cubs had also cancelled their game. People in Chicago didn’t expect the game to happen. When it did, they weren’t exactly itching to skip work and spend the day outside.